Published on: 02/09/2022 – 11:21 A European arrest warrant has been issued by an investigating judge against the Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen, wanted since the validation of his expulsion by the Council of State, and suspected, by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, of having fled to Belgium. A European arrest warrant was issued by an investigating judge in Valenciennes (North) against the preacher Hassan Iquioussen, considered to be on the run after the validation of his expulsion order, we learned on Friday September 2 , from sources close to the case. Revealed by BFMTV, this European arrest warrant was issued for “evading the execution of a deportation decision” (article L824-9 of the foreigners’ code), specified to the Tuesday, after the green light from the Council of State for the expulsion of Hassan Iquioussen, the police had not found him at his home in Lourches, near Valenciennes. The next day, the prefect du Nord had explained, during a press conference, that the imam was therefore considered a “delinquent”, because on the run. If indeed Hassan Iquioussen remained in France, the reason for the arrest warrant is justified, according to sources familiar with the matter. But the Minister of the Interior has since affirmed that the Moroccan imam was “obviously in Belgium” and welcomed it. However, in this case, according to sources familiar with the matter, Hassan Iquioussen is considered to have executed the removal measure himself. he can indeed leave France for any country. The terms of deportation are not set out in a deportation order. On the other hand, an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), which was not taken against him, provides for terms of deportation to the country of origin. So that this arrest warrant and its reason are only justified if the imam is in France. “It’s legally complicated”, admitted to AFP a source familiar with the matter, when another argued that it had been necessary to show “legal acrobatics to bring a legal action against someone under the blow an administrative measure”. The Council of State gave the green light on Tuesday to the expulsion of Hassan Iquioussen (born in France 58 years ago but of Moroccan nationality) including the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, had made in recent weeks a symbol of the government’s fight against “separatist discourse”. eighteen months”, according to him. With AFP